UX Engineer
Who we are.
Reality Defender is an award-winning cybersecurity company helping enterprises and governments detect deepfakes and AI-generated media. Utilizing a patented multi-model approach, Reality Defender is robust against the bleeding edge of generative platforms producing video, audio, imagery, and text media. Reality Defender's API-first deepfake detection platform empowers teams and developers alike to identify fraud, disinformation campaigns, and harmful deepfakes in real time.
Backed by world class investors including DCVC, Illuminate Financial, Y Combinator, Booz Allen Hamilton, IBM, Accenture, Rackhouse, and Argon VC, Reality Defender works with leading enterprise clients, financial institutions, and governments in order to ensure AI-generated media is not used for malicious purposes.
Youtube: Reality Defender Wins RSA Most Innovative Startup
The UX Engineer Role.
This isn't a traditional product designer role, and it isn't a traditional front-end engineering role either. We're looking for someone who can move seamlessly from customer problems to interaction design to production-ready prototypes — the connective tissue between product strategy, design, and engineering. Responsibilities include:
Own end-to-end UX design and rapid prototyping for new product initiatives, from concept through implementation-ready design
Build interactive, near-production-quality prototypes using React, TypeScript, or similar frameworks to validate ideas before full engineering investment
Partner with Engineering to validate technical feasibility early and reduce handoff friction
Help establish and evolve reusable UI patterns, components, and Reality Defender's broader design system
Advocate for usability, accessibility, and thoughtful interaction design across the platform
Work alongside Product Managers to define customer experiences before development begins
Facilitate cross-team alignment by making complex ideas tangible through prototypes and visual storytelling
Who you are.
5+ years designing and building modern SaaS applications
Strong portfolio demonstrating both UX design and front-end implementation
Expertise with Figma and modern prototyping tools
Experience building interfaces using React, TypeScript, or similar front-end frameworks
Strong understanding of interaction design, usability, and accessibility
Ability to rapidly move from concept to prototype
Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, and comfort in a fast-moving startup environment
Nice to have: enterprise software design experience, AI or cybersecurity product experience, familiarity with design systems and component libraries, user research/usability testing experience, or motion/interaction animation experience
Within 1 month, you’ll…
Be embedded within Product and Engineering workflows
Be up to speed on Reality Defender's current design system, tooling, and prototyping stack
Have shadowed the existing design-to-development handoff processWithin 3 months, you’ll…
Within 3 months, you’ll…
Have delivered prototypes for at least one key product initiative
Have shipped a concrete improvement to the design-to-development handoff process
Have identified specific opportunities to streamline UX across the platform
Within 6 months, you’ll…
Have a repeatable design and prototyping process running
Have measurably reduced iteration time on at least one product initiative
Have contributed meaningfully to the evolution of the design system
What we offer.
Reality Defender offers the following benefits to all our employees, regardless of location:
Healthcare plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and partial coverage available for dependents
Dental and Vision plans with 100% premium coverage for employees and their dependents
Short/Long-term disability and life insurance plans with 100% premium coverage for employees
FSA/HSA and 401k programs
Equity compensation
20 days of PTO per year
12 weeks of Parental Leave
Learning and Development budget
Monthly wellness benefits
Annual company-sponsored offsite
For employees working from Reality Defender’s HQ in NYC, we offer the following benefits:
Daily in-office lunch through UberEats
Commuter benefits
Remote Fridays
Happy Hours and other local events